essay
Country, people, art: the western Aranda 1870-1990
heritage of namatjira : the watercolourists of central australia • Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Published In 1992 • Pages: [23]-62 , [4] of plates
By: Morton, John.
Abstract
In this work Morton outlines the background of Aranda-White contacts in the nineteenth and early twentieth centures in central Australia, particularly stressing the documentation of Aranda life, language, and customs by social scientists and missionaries from the 1860s onward. Morton describes the kinship system and religious beliefs that influenced the Aranda watercolorist Albert Namatjira in his art. The protective role toward the Aranda of the Lutheran Mission at Hermannsburg is also discussed. The brutality of the settlers isolated the Aranda from their land and water supplies and thus caused great hardships to the population.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1996
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Australia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1994
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1870-1990
- Coverage Place
- western Aranda, central Australia
- Notes
- John Morton
- Bibliographical references are in document number 47
- Not all of the plates mentioned in the text have been included
- LCSH
- Aranda (Australian people)